2. No matter how many children you have, don't look on them with pride unless they fear the Lord.
3. Don't put much hope in their future or expect them to live a long time. One child who does the Lord's will is better than a thousand who do not. It is better to go to your grave with no children at all than to have children who are godless.
4. A city's population may grow because of the wisdom of one person, while a whole tribe of lawless people disappears.
5. I have seen such things many times and have heard of even more striking examples.
6. The Lord's flaming anger will break out against a small gathering of sinners or a disobedient nation.
7. He did not forgive those ancient giants who rebelled against him, confident of their own strength.